On Fri 30-Oct-2020 at 17:14:37 +01, Russell Adams
<rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
> Are there other ways to view information about an org link that I
> don't list below?
>
> - M-x org-insert-link, the prompts for link and description show the
> current values. Requires interacting with the prompts.
>
> - Switch to fundamental mode
>
> - M-x org-toggle-link-display
>
> Are there ways to see this information live while navigating? Maybe on
> the modeline, or messages?
>
I have this in my init file. I don't remember where I got it from.
It displays the link target in the minibuffer when point is on a link.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defvar my/org-link-target-message-timer nil
"Variable to store the link message timer in.")
(defun my/org-link-target-show-link-messages ()
"Turn on link messages.
You will see a message in the minibuffer when on an org link."
(interactive)
(or my/org-link-target-message-timer
(setq my/org-link-target-message-timer
(run-with-idle-timer 0.5 t
'my/org-link-target-link-message)
my/org-link-target-show-link-on-enter t)))
(defun my/org-link-target-cancel-link-messages ()
"Stop showing messages in minibuffer when on a link."
(interactive)
(cancel-timer my/org-link-target-message-timer)
(setq my/org-link-target-message-timer nil
my/org-link-target-show-link-on-enter nil))
(setq my/org-link-target-show-link-on-enter t)
(when my/org-link-target-show-link-on-enter
(my/org-link-target-show-link-messages))
(defun my/org-link-target-link-message ()
"Print a minibuffer message about the link that point is on."
(interactive)
;; the way links are recognized in org-element-context counts blank
;; spaces after a link and the closing brackets in literal links. We
;; don't try to get a message if the cursor is on those, or if it is
;; on a blank line.
(when (not (or (looking-at " ") ;looking at a space
(lookinpg-at "^$") ;looking at a blank line
(looking-at "]") ;looking at a bracket at the end
;looking at the end of the line.
(looking-at "$")))
(save-restriction
(widen)
(when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
(let* ((object (org-element-context))
(type (org-element-property :type object))
(link-content (org-element-property :path
object)))
(save-excursion
(when (-contains? '("http" "https" "file") type)
(message "%s:%s" type link-content))))))))
#+END_SRC
